Must-read Lithwick & Ornstein: “The Biggest Lie Trump–Biden 2024 Rematch Voters Are Telling Themselves; The system will not inevitably ‘hold'”
Here at Slate.
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Hi. As Rick mentioned, I’ll be your cruise director for the good ship Election Law Blog this week.
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“Trump’s mail-in ballot reversal: As he backs it, GOP lawyers are still fighting against it”
This USA Today piece highlights Republican efforts to tighten mail vote practices.
I’m quoted in the piece explaining a dynamic that I think extends well beyond mail-in voting. Most restrictions on voting practices – and particularly restrictions that may seem… Continue reading
Update on the DOJ’s Election Threats Task Force
States Newsroom with a states’-eye view on the federal efforts. Despite 17 charges to date, and hefty sentences in some of those cases, the wheels of justice necessarily turn slowly. And election officials are also not thrilled about the… Continue reading
“Democracy isn’t doomed”
Rob Richie‘s in the Washington Post this morning talking pollworker recruiting and participatory budgeting and, yes, ranked choice voting.
Good thing about that pollworker recruiting shoutout, too, because it’s a challenge this year.
“He Said He Was Ashamed of Storming the Capitol. Now He’s Running for Office.”
This NYT piece profiles the dynamics of a primary for a South Carolina House race, in a district without a major-party opponent.
“Far-right gains in EU election deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz”
EU parliamentary elections took place yesterday, with some significant wins by “far-right” parties — sufficiently significant in France to drive President Macron to dissolve the parliament and call a snap national election. (Counterpart: in Hungary, Prime Minister Orbán’s… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted gifts worth millions of dollars over 20 years, analysis finds”
Analysis from Fix the Court says it adds up to $2.4 million between 2004 and 2023. Which CNBC has helpfully put into a bar chart.
“Trump raises millions in Newport Beach and Beverly Hills in post-conviction appearances”
The LA Times reports on the former President’s fundraising since the verdicts were announced.
Supreme Court Asks for US Government’s Views on North Dakota Racial Gerrymandering/Voting Rights Act Case
Order list and jurisdictional statement.
Surprise! A brief from Alabama for 13 states would go much further in attempting to dismantle the Voting Rights Act as applied to redistricting.
The request to hear from the Solicitor General means this… Continue reading
Calabresi “Misspeak[s]” on Whether the 2020 Election Was Stolen
Yesterday I linked to and questioned Steven Calabresi at Volokh, saying among other things: “As a result, many Republicans, myself included, thought that the 2020 presidential election was probably stolen, even though that fact could not be proved in a… Continue reading
How Much of Affective Polarization is Based on Misperceptions?
Interesting pre-print on these issues:
The Ties that Blind: Misperceptions of the Opponent Fringe and the Miscalibration of Political Contempt
Victoria A. Parker, Matthew Feinberg, Alexa Tullett, & Anne E. Wilson
Abstract
Americans’ hostility toward political opponents has intensified to… Continue reading
North Carolina: “Surprise GOP campaign finance law proposal prompts walkout by Democratic senators”
NC Newsline:
in a surprise move that caught most Legislative Building watchers off-guard, Republican lawmakers unveiled legislation on Thursday that would make significant changes to state campaign finance law. The sudden move prompted all 20 Senate Democrats to walk out… Continue reading